Do real Seattleites really drink Starbucks coffee?

Seattle Weekly music writer Chris Kornelis has a bone to pick with all the coffee snobs here in Seattle who turn their noses up at Starbucks coffee. After an exchange with a Starbucks hater selling Mariners programs outside a coffee shop, Kornelis says he just might drink more Starbucks coffee from now on. How do you like that, Seattle?

Kornelis wrote earlier this week:

There’s something extremely refreshing about walking into a Starbucks: Nobody’s there to make a political of fashion statement. They’re there for coffee, not to feed their self-importance, or order up a cup of self-congratulation.

Now, you could say I’m being rash, that this program-barker was just being obnoxious (and you wouldn’t be mistaken), but these sorts of self-important, PREACHY sermons are common. There’s a large, local, vocal constituency that believes that where you get your coffee says something important about what kind of a person you are.

So, does your coffee say something about who you are? Starbucks cafes sure do seem awfully crowded most days. I doubt they’re just brimming to the top with tourists.